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Entry by Edmund Ruffin, October 19, 1859 Diary
Charles H. Ray to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1859 Letter
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Negro Insurrection!," October 20, 1859 Newspaper
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “So Perish All The Enemies of Our Country!,” October 20, 1859 Newspaper
New York Times, “Latest Dispatches,” October 21, 1859 Newspaper
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "The Harper's Ferry Outbreak," October 22, 1859 Newspaper
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "Monthly Passes to Negros," October 22, 1859 Newspaper
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Old John Brown,” October 22, 1859 Newspaper
New York Herald, “The Slave Population in the Vicinity of the Outbreak,” October 23, 1859 Newspaper
Ralph Waldo Emerson to William Emerson, October 23, 1859 Letter
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "Northern Impertinences with Regard to the Late Affair at Harpers Ferry," October 24, 1859 Newspaper
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Dissolution of the Union," October 25, 1859 Newspaper
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “From Carlisle,” October 25, 1859 Newspaper
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "The Harper's Ferry Affair," October 25, 1859 Newspaper
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Madness of Brown,” October 25, 1859 Newspaper
Lydia Maria Child to John Brown, October 26, 1859 Letter
Carlisle (PA) American, “Arrest of a Supposed ‘Harper’s Ferry Insurrectionist,’” October 26, 1859 Newspaper
Ralph Waldo Emerson to Sarah Hathaway Forbes, October 26, 1859 Letter
Lydia Maria Child to Henry Alexander Wise, October 26, 1859 Letter
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Additional Particulars of the Insurrection," October 27, 1859 Newspaper